Climate bifurcation during the last deglaciation?

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1127-1139

  Lenton, T M ^a   Livina, V N ^b   Dakos, V ^c   Scheffer, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; STABILIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863830260     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1127-2012     Document Type: Article

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